Stiff-bosomed shirt



Filed D60. 29, 1924 INVENTOR ?atented Feb. 15, 1927. g I

hearse stares inane JOSEPH w. KRAUSE, or BROOKLYN, iinwronx.

STIFF-BOSOMED SHIRT.

Application filed December 29, 1924. Serial No. 758,617.

This inventionrelates to improvements in stiff-bosomed shirts, and hasfor its principal object to provide a construction and arrangement ofparts which make it possible for such a shirt to be worn withoutpossibility of undesirable bulging of the shirtbosom. I

A further object is to so dispose the means used to hold the shirt bosomin place,-th a-t they are invisible on the wearer, while stillperforming their expected function.

Still another object. is to provide a construction accomplishing theresults above suggested, in which the shirt-body, the bosom, and thebulge-preventing means are joined together in a novel manner, wherebymanufacturing costs may be held to a minimum.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less broad than thosestated above, together with the advantages inherent, will be in partobvious and in part specifically referred to in the course of thefollowing description of the elements, combinations, arrangements ofparts, and applications of principles constituting the invention; andthe scope of protection contemplated will appear from the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as part of thisspecification, and in which I have shown merely a preferred form ofembodiment of invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a dress shirt embodying my invention;and

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same, with the parts occupyingrelative positions as when the shirt is worn.

Referring to the numerals on the drawing, there is shown at 3 a shirtbody, provided with the usual neckband a, and sleeves 5. The shirt shownis of the coat type, that is, it is open at the front when put on, andclosed by joining the front edges, suitable button-holes 6 beingprovided for this urpose in which studs 7 may be insertec. The bosomparts of the shirt are indicated at 8, and these are intended to bestiff as compared with the shirt body. I have shown the bosom portions 8made of two plies of material, and additional stiffness is usually givenby starching the bosom parts, while the body part is left unstarched. Inthe process of manufacture the plies of each bosom part are separated attheir in nor edges, and the corresponding edges of the shirt body arereceived between the edge portions of the plies and held by stitch ing9. Also held between the edge portions of the plies, and inwardly of thebody (li igure 2) are tabs 10, stitches 9 extending also 'hrough thesetabs, so that shirt body, bosom parts and tabs are joined together, atthe inner edges of the bosom parts, with the tabs inside the shirt whenan shirt is Worn. Means are provided'for' connecting the tabs around thebody of the wearer, but inside the shirt. In the drawing the connectingmeans comprise tapes 11, preferably elastic, one end of each tapecarrying a button 12 for engagement in a corresponding buttonhole 13provided in each one of the tabs 10, and the other ends of the tapesheld in adjustable relation by an adjustment slide or buckle 14.

In use, the tapes are positioned as shown in the drawing, and suitableadjustment made before the shirt is put on. After the shirt is closedthe tapes exert a pull on the tabs 10, and so keep the shirt bosom inplace against the body of the wearer, despite his bending movements. Thetabs are inside the shirt, and hence do "not detract from appearances;the tapes engage the body of the wearer and have no effect on any partof the shirt except only as they prevent bulging of the bosom. If thetapes were located outside the shirt, they would move down overthe shirtduring certain bending movements of the body of the wearer, and when thewearer returned to normal erect position the tapes would ride backtonormal position,

carrying an extra portion of the shirt bunched above them. This bunchingofthe shirt above the tapes is uncomfortable and spoils the fit of thewearers coat. By plac ing the tapes within the shirt this undesirablebunchingis entirely avoided, and the shirt is as free to follow themovements of the wearers body as though the tapes were not present.

I believe also that the method of stitching the edges of the shirt body,and the tabs, 7

I ably e ur d t he o h r t An my invention could be'made Withoutdeparting from the scope thereof, it is intended 10 other modificationsWill suggest themselves, as for instance snap-fasteners instead ofbuttons, etc.

' Inasmuch as many changes could be made .in the above construction, andmany ap parently Widely difl'erent embodiments of that all mattercontained in the above description v or shown in the accompanyingdrawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitingsense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in thefollowingclaims is intended to cover all the generic and specificfeatures of the invention herein described and all statementstflfuthescope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said tofall therebetween.

' I claim:

1. A coat style shirt having a body portion and bosom portions, tabsjoined to the body and bosom portions at the inner edges of the latterand inside the shirt, and means on the inside of the shirt forconnecting the tabs with each other.

2. A coat style shirt having a body portion and bosom portions, tabsjoined to the body and bosom portions at the inner edges of the latterand inside the shirt, and means on the inside of the shirt fordetachably connecting the tabs With each other. The combination setforth in claim 1, in which the bosom portions. are tWo-ply, and in whichthe body portion and the tabs aresecured between the inner edges of theplies. r In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH W. KRAUSE.

